Furman visits Pierce and Princeton

Furman Paladins (4-3) at Princeton Tigers (7-0)

Princeton, New Jersey; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -8.5; over/under is 152.5

BOTTOM LINE: Princeton takes on the Furman Paladins after Caden Pierce scored 22 points in Princeton's 85-71 victory over the Bucknell Bison.

The Tigers are 1-0 on their home court. Princeton is 5-0 against opponents over .500.

The Paladins have gone 0-1 away from home. Furman ranks ninth in the SoCon allowing 80.0 points while holding opponents to 47.3% shooting.

Princeton averages 10.1 made 3-pointers per game, 2.4 more made shots than the 7.7 per game Furman gives up. Furman has shot at a 47.9% rate from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points higher than the 42.6% shooting opponents of Princeton have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Xaivian Lee is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 4.4 rebounds for the Tigers. Blake Peters is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers for Princeton.

Marcus Foster is averaging 22.1 points and 5.7 rebounds for the Paladins. JP Pegues is averaging 16.0 points for Furman.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.